Snow Valley Nordics

What a great start to another great ski season! Thank you to all the earlybirds who have signed up so far--over 300 of you! We sent out a bundle of ski passes (those who registered before Nov. 28) in the mail on Friday. The rest will be sent out this week.

Earlybird memberships end today, Saturday, December 1st. Sign up online here or print off the membership form. If you choose the paper form, it has to be filled out and dropped off to my house, with payment, today, 5053 Huckleberry Lane, Terrace. The rates go up tomorrow.

Hi everyone. As the snow creeps down the slopes of the surrounding mountains, and we wake up to flecks of white stuff in the air....

First, an update about hoodies and touques. The head coach of the cross country ski club in Smithers, Lisa Perry, has organized the availability of hoodies and hats, with a "ski north" logo. This logo was designed by Ben Carter from Terrace, with some friends, at the dryland camp in Smithers this fall. (See poster here.) Snow Valley Club members can now purchase hoodies with "Snow Valley Nordic Ski Club" embroidered on the front. The hoodies come in a wide range of colors for both adults and youth. Online shop is here.

The Snow Valley hoodies are at the bottom of the page. Deadline for ordering is Nov. 15, and the order should be brought back with the crew returning from Snow Camp on Dec. 2.

Hello skiers! Happy New Year! And hasn’t it been a glorious autumn? Hope everyone has been getting out and enjoying the fall sunshine.

The Club season got off to a terrific start with our work party on Saturday, Oct. 6. Twenty-five working adults and teens plus numerous small children (picture the 2 year old, clutching his “log” staggering through the trees – too cute!) accomplished a prodigious amount of work!

These are the draft in-the-works copies of our bylaws and policy manual. They will be discussed and voted on at our AGM on Oct. 23 (7:30 p.m. in the lodge at Onion Lake). If any members want to read through the documents, and give the executive your comments to improve the documents, please do! Email Liz here.

Hey ski friends! The ski season starts NOW!! Memberships are now available (online here or printable form here). Please don't disregard the volunteer requests--there is lots of work that goes into running and maintaining all that we have out at Onion Lake!

And the first volunteer opportunity is a WORK PARTY on Oct. 6. Meet at the lodge at 10:00 a.m. We have wood to cut and split for the winter, and some carpentry tasks, and trail work. More details will follow, but mark your calendars now!

And later in October, on Tuesday, October 23, we'll hold our Annual General Meeting. This is an excellent opportunity to hear from the executive and other directors and coordinators what the club has been doing this past year, and to be part of our plans for the upcoming season. We will hold elections and would welcome new board members as directors-at-large. And we will eat dessert. That's the best tradition at an AGM!

Hi everyone! The last Ski Club news letter will be brief but well worth reading.

First and most important: The trails will be closed to public access this summer. This is because the commercial thinning begun last year down by the Dog Trail will continue north through the inside trails. Trucks will be exiting via the parking lot and past the garages. The Dog Trail is open but we advise parking on the Dog Trail itself, not on the Wedeen Forestry Road or in the parking lots.

Thank you to JJ's WoodArt for the beautiful carvings, and thanks also go to Dean and Sue who put in hours and hours of work into organizing and administrating the raffle, and to Juliana White who painted the display trailer used to cart the carvings around.

And the early March challenge to use up your early bird passes was finally drawn today, and the winner of the SportChek gift card is Susan Goulin-Rodger from Terrace. Thank you SportChek for donating the prize for this draw!